Visuell imposant, hintergründig und bewegend erzählt der österreichische Hollywood-Regisseur Robert Dornhelm von der Verwirklichung eines Menschheitstraums: die Eroberung des K2. Ungeachtet der vielen Leben, die seine Begehung bereits gekostet hat, wagt eine Expedition aus zwölf Alpinisten Anfang der 1950er Jahre erneut die riskante Erstbesteigung. Der K2 ist der zweithöchste Berg der Welt und wegen seiner langen Steilwände mit Recht gefürchtet. Dennoch ist der Ansturm an Bewerbern groß, als im Jahr 1953 publik wird, dass die italienische Regierung eine Erstbesteigung finanzieren will. Genommen werden nur die Allerbesten. Vom Basislager in Pakistan aus will die bunt zusammengewürfelte Gruppe aus zwölf Individualisten den schwierigen Achttausender in einem gemeinsamen Kraftakt bezwingen. Am Ende aber erreichen nur zwei von ihnen tatsächlich den Gipfel. Unvorstellbare Höllenqualen liegen hinter ihnen.

2010 film by Gabriele Salvatores

Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcraft.

1990 film by Andrea Barzini

Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Filini manage to find the perfect house, a castle in Transylvania owned by some count Vlad... things get even worse when they meet the Count and his sister, who has a crush on Fracchia and decides to marry him!

1989 film by Gérard Oury

Anna and Piero fighting routine of a long marriage, when Piero loses his memory, Anna reconstructs his way. For its part, the concierge Rocco and his friend Michele play in a group that emulates the Beatles and face opposition from their partners. Finally, Marcello and Paola are a divorced couple who, from time to time, pretend they are still together to avoid problems. They are victims of a relentless war of sexes.

television series

Umberto Eco’s private library was a world in itself: more than 30,000 contemporary books and 1,500 rare and antique volumes. The director had worked with Eco one year before the writer’s death on a video project for the Venice Art Biennale in 2015, gaining access to the library. With the help of Eco’s family he has now produced a documentary that describes a one-of-a-kind place, but also tries to catch and represent the universal idea of a library as “memory of the world”, as Eco himself liked to describe it.

2022 film directed by Marco Martani